tomteriffic Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 I'm in the process of trying to clear out Buzzard Gulch and I unearthed my Peavey Delta Blues. Since I have a Classic 30 with similar mods, this one is kind of redundant. Anyway, this is a Delta Blues, which is a Classic 30 plus a tremelo circuit and a 15" speaker. TV front cabinet has some cosmetic issues but no major rips, tears, missing tolex, etc. The lovely and talented Kim Keller previously owned this and put on some tilt-back legs. When I got it, I immediately pulled the chassis and sent it to Teefus for his famed set of mods which turn these things into a near-booteek experience. Once it got back, it got retubed with JJ power and a mix of JJ and GT rebranded JJ pre tubes. Very Vox-y kind of tones with the extra gain of the mods and extra grunt of a 15. I have an ECC 803S in the front end which adds some sparkle and lowers the gain a bit. Combine this with the tremelo and you'll think you're Ry Cooder, Leo Nocentelli, Pops Staples and John Fogerty all at the same time. OK, well, I did. I need to get $350 + shipping out of this, which is like getting the mods for free. Shipping could hurt on this, it's stout. PayPal OK if you pay the fees. CONUS. Pics later.
anotherfreak2 Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 Hey Tom,hows the headroom after the mods?does it break up early like the classic 30 or does it have more clean power?
tomteriffic Posted November 11, 2005 Author Posted November 11, 2005 Bill, it depends on what you have in the V1 position. A big part of the mods is undoing the huge amount of signal that got shunted to ground in the original design. So, if you have a strng 12AX7 in there, it'll break up earlier. A 12AT7 or ECC803 will lower the gain and increase the clean headroom. As it is, with a medium output humbucker, the clean channel starts breaking up about 60% of the way up on the loud knob. I usually set it at 2/3 and let my guitar's volume control do the clean/breakup transition. Oh, and it's pretty dang loud for a 30 watter.Edit to add: This and the Heritage 535 make a great not-too-hatefully expensive old-style blues, jump band blues and standards kind of rig. Think Gatemouth Brown.
anotherfreak2 Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 ok,I seem to always have students looking for stuff, I'll run it by him and see what he does, I can't remember, are you within' driving time from Iowa?
tomteriffic Posted November 11, 2005 Author Posted November 11, 2005 I can't remember, are you within' driving time from Iowa? Sure, about two days worth I'm about two hours the other side of Indianapolis from you, Bill. It'd be a pretty fair hike for a meet 'n greet.
anotherfreak2 Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 HA! I seem to forget who I've done the "meet and greet" with shipping sucks on amps! I'll still talk it up for ya' but don't put a priority on it for me, deepest pockets and first to pony up should take it!
belikerick Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 FYI... THIS AMP ROCKS! I picked up a Delta Blues/15 after listening to a friends Classic 50/15. liked it a lot, but then I sent it to Teefus for the mod and now it's just awesome. Sounds better than my $1000 Rivera 30/12 (which I promptly sold). Incredibly warm, sparkly clean tone - I just love it. The crunch channel is MUCH improved with the mods and cranks but I prefer to run pedals through that sweet clean channel. $350 is a steal!
Brewmaster Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 My Classic 30 with the mods is, as Tom said, a near boutique experience. You can get more sizzle by changing out the V1 as mentioned. I put in one of the reissue Tung Sol 12ax7's and the amp has a bit more high end hair and breaks up earlier. Combined with a Fulltone OCD it is a Rock Monster. With a JJ or a Gold PIn EI 12ax7 in V1 it is more of a Blues, Classic Rock or smokey jazz box. With a P-90 guitar at a jam it turned heads (I wasn't playing I loaned it to a good firend) . Folks couldn't believe it was a Peavey. One guy went out and bought one and called me up a week later and asked why mine sounded so much better. This is a great amp for cheap. Believe me when I tell you that you could spend 4x as much or more and not get as good sounding amp.
tomteriffic Posted November 13, 2005 Author Posted November 13, 2005 Just the stock Peavey 15. This amp is old enough to be pre "Blue Marvel" or whatever it's called. Sounds good, works well with the amp.
tomteriffic Posted November 17, 2005 Author Posted November 17, 2005 Shameless bumpage for a good amp and for the 'Payday is tomorrow' crowd.
DavidE Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 I had an early Delta Blues and never should have sold it. The 15 gives it a great deep tone and the tremelo is just great. From what I remember, I liked it more than I like my current C30 (Teefus modded).Michael Stanley (for you Clevelanders) bought my Delta Blues.
tomteriffic Posted November 17, 2005 Author Posted November 17, 2005 Here's your chance, Dave! I came down in favor of the C-30 since I nearly always use it with a closed-back extension which helps the low end AND I have a Peavey Valverb with the killer temelo. I could deliver it to the show in January.
Guest galejt Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 Here's your chance, Dave! I came down in favor of the C-30 since I nearly always use it with a closed-back extension which helps the low end AND I have a Peavey Valverb with the killer temelo. I could deliver it to the show in January. Show? Edited to add: Buy this or I bring back the rat.
tomteriffic Posted November 18, 2005 Author Posted November 18, 2005 Here's your chance, Dave! I came down in favor of the C-30 since I nearly always use it with a closed-back extension which helps the low end AND I have a Peavey Valverb with the killer temelo. I could deliver it to the show in January. Show? Edited to add: Buy this or I bring back the rat. The Columbus (OH) guitar show, Jim. Dear God! Not the rat! NOT THE RAT!!!
DaxT1138 Posted November 18, 2005 Posted November 18, 2005 would you say it's loud enough to keep up with another guitar (with a combo in the 120 ss watt range), bass and a drummer in a hard rock band situation? i'm looking for a classic 50 410 or 212 but this is sounding like something i'd be interested in
tomteriffic Posted November 18, 2005 Author Posted November 18, 2005 would you say it's loud enough to keep up with another guitar (with a combo in the 120 ss watt range), bass and a drummer in a hard rock band situation? i'm looking for a classic 50 410 or 212 but this is sounding like something i'd be interested in That's a tough call, and I'd hate to steer you wrong. I've used a 30 watt EL-84 amp, dimed, in a very similar quartet equipment-wise, but it was playing classic rock, some country and some blues. It hung in there just fine and as usual, I was the one thet got told to turn down all the time. But, it was dimed and EL-84 power tube saturation tends to be on the smoother, more compressed side, less gritchy than, say, EL-34's or 6L6's. That's why I seem to have a roomful of EL-84 amps The good side is that I've never had to use an OD pedal. If I needed something harder, I'd go to a pedal.
tomteriffic Posted November 25, 2005 Author Posted November 25, 2005 One more bump. I just got sued and need to defend myself. Need to raise some cash.
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